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Western Australia
First Home Owner Grant Amendment Bill 2000
CONTENTS
1. Short title 1
2. Commencement 2
3. The Act amended 2
4. Section 7 amended 2
5. Section 11 amended 2
6. Section 12 amended 3
7. Amendments relating to "Australian citizen" 3
8. Amendments relating to "permanent resident" 3
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Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
First Home Owner Grant Amendment Bill 2000
A Bill for
An Act to amend the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the First Home Owner Grant
Amendment Act 2000.
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2. Commencement
(1) Except as stated in subsection (2), this Act comes into operation
on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Section 8 is to be taken to have come into operation on
5 1 July 2000.
3. The Act amended
The amendments in this Act are to the First Home Owner Grant
Act 2000*.
[* Act No. 16 of 2000.]
10 4. Section 7 amended
Section 7(1) is amended as follows:
(a) after "grant if " by inserting --
"
, on the commencement date of the eligible transaction
15 to which the application relates,
";
(b) by deleting paragraph (b) and inserting the following
paragraph instead --
"
20 (b) on the commencement date of the eligible
transaction to which the application relates, the
person has lived on that basis with the applicant
for at least 2 years.
".
25 5. Section 11 amended
Section 11(1)(a) is amended by deleting "an earlier" and
inserting instead --
" another ".
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6. Section 12 amended
Section 12(3) is amended by deleting "date on which the
application is made," and inserting instead --
"
5 commencement date of the eligible transaction to
which the application relates,
".
7. Amendments relating to "Australian citizen"
(1) Section 3(1) is amended by deleting the definition of
10 "Australian citizen" and inserting the following definition
instead --
"
"Australian citizen" has the meaning given by
section 7A;
15 ".
(2) After section 7 the following section is inserted in Part 1 --
"
7A. Meaning of "Australian citizen"
A person is an "Australian citizen" for the purposes
20 of an application for a first home owner grant if, on the
commencement date of the eligible transaction to
which the application relates, the person is an
Australian citizen under the Australian Citizenship
Act 1948 of the Commonwealth.
25 ".
8. Amendments relating to "permanent resident"
(1) Section 3(1) is amended by deleting the definition of "permanent
resident" and inserting the following definition instead --
"
30 "permanent resident" has the meaning given by
section 7B;
".
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(2) Before section 8 the following section is inserted in Part 1 --
"
7B. Meaning of "permanent resident"
A person is a "permanent resident" for the purposes
5 of an application for a first home owner grant if, on the
commencement date of the eligible transaction to
which the application relates --
(a) the person is --
(i) the holder of a permanent visa within
10 the meaning of section 30 of the
Migration Act 1958 of the
Commonwealth; or
(ii) a New Zealand citizen who is the holder
of a special category visa within the
15 meaning of section 32 of the Migration
Act 1958 of the Commonwealth;
and
(b) the person has satisfied the Commissioner that
he or she intends to reside permanently in
20 Australia.
".
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